So the other day I had a long putt for birdie at an older DISCatcher I longed it and ended up landing on top of the basket. Bummer. Until my disc decided to tip over and proceed to fall down into the chains through the top of the basket. Yay? I think...

This was one of the older baskets where the hated yellow ring is supported by four spokes at 90º around the circle, rather than the bunch of spokes around the circle. So the disc can actually fit through the basket into the chains, if it lands perfectly.

So my question is if this is a legal putt? My disc never came to rest until it was supported by the chains - it just happened to take a trajectory that I'm a little fuzzy on the legality of.

That rule presents some subjective difficulties when the target is hidden from view...or heck, even when it is in plain view for longer shots. The whole idea behind having baskets rather than object targets is to eliminate subjectivity; is it not?

Back in the '90s, I remember players being told in tournaments that they needed to personally retrieve their Disc when stuck into the side of the basket cage before it falls to the ground in order for it to count as being holed out. I witnessed on more than one occasion a player sprinting to the basket to do just that.

(...and I have an ace that occurred in that fashion where I sprinted the 267' to retrieve it! My Banshee stuck right into the side of the cage in the shape of a taco's tortilla shell. I count it; it was during a casual round, though.)

That rule presents some subjective difficulties when the target is hidden from view...or heck, even when it is in plain view for longer shots. The whole idea behind having baskets rather than object targets is to eliminate subjectivity; is it not?

If you can't be sure of how the disc entered the target, benefit of the doubt goes to the player. If you can see it enter through the top, or through the side of the cage, it does not count as in.